First record of Laimosemion xiphidius (Huber 1979) (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) in Brazil The first record for the rivulid killifish Laimosemion xiphidius (Huber) for Brazil is presented. The species was recorded in a small tributary of the Oyapock River (Rio Oiapoque in Brazil), Amapá state, at the border with French Guyana. The

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SCHMERLEN Biologie, Pflege, Vermehrung By Gerhard Ott Tetra Verlag GmbH, Berlin-Velten, 2017 235 pp. Price €19,90 ISBN 978-3-89745-247-3 (soft cover) This loach book, so far only in German available Schmerlen, Biologie, Pflege, Vermehrung (Loaches, Biology, Maintenance, Breeding) came out in 2017 after many years of waiting, written by the German

Starting with August 2017 AQUA institutional subscribers are offered the option for online view of the complete collection of AQUA, International Journal of Ichthyology. The possibility to access to online viewing of ALL back issues and single papers (more than 900 PDFs) is reserved to institutional subscribers in the SUBSCRIPTION

INDIAN OCEAN REEF GUIDEMaldives-Sri Lanka-Thailand-South Africa-Mauritius-Madagascar-East Africa-Seychelles. By H. DebeliusPublished by ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany, 2013. 321pp. Price 39.80€ ISBN 978-3-939767-52-7 This book deals with all range of marine animals to be found in the Indian Ocean, molluscs, corals, crustaceans, other marine invertebrates, cartilaginous fish, bony fish, reptiles, and mammals .

On February 25, 2015, the world lost its most remarkable pioneer in shark research and scuba-diving for research purposes, a leading ichthyologist and marine conservationist, and we lost a beloved colleague, Dr. Eugenie Clark, who died of non-smoking lung cancer at her home in Sarasota, Florida. Nicknamed “the Shark Lady”,

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